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Friday, February 17, 2012

What Do You Like About Me?

As I spent a few quiet moments with God the other day, I asked Him if He'd share something that He liked about me.

I felt I heard Him say, "I like how your face lights up when you think about Me."

Can you imagine how precious that was to hear? Oh my..... it spoke deep on the inside.

Earlier this morning, I got a Facebook message from a friend said her patient could 'see' Jesus in her friend.

My friend went on to say that for years she'd longed to be thought beautiful and to be told it by someone. Now, she was being told that she looked like Jesus to her patient. For anyone who loves Him, you will know just how affirming and meaningful those words really are.

I was delighted to respond to such a note... here is an excerpt:

Hi K---, Thank you for your lovely note. What a wonderful moment for you that
your patient saw the beauty of Jesus in you. WoW! I can totally understand how that
must have moved your heart; it touches me to read it.

Right now I 'see' Jesus gently cupping your
lovely face with his hands... covering it with tender kisses......
how He loves your face. He likes how it lights up when you talk or think
about Him. He sees your love for Him when He looks at your face. A
woman in love is always beautiful... you are beautiful.

Here's something I do often with worship songs we sing. If they are
love songs, I often image Jesus singing the words back
at me. So that song we sang recently about Beautiful Face, Beautiful
Eyes..... as I sang that to Him, He was singing it back to me. I found
that so, so affirming.

Perhaps this is the day you might want to ask Him what He likes about you! You can trust that He will say something that is beautiful, kind, and loving. Because that's just how He does it.

15 comments:

This post reminds me of the verse in Psalm 45 ' "The king is enthralled by your beauty." Isn't it amazing that God sees us as beautiful? And that his beauty can shine through us to others?What a great post, Brenda -

Thank-you Brenda, for these beautiful thoughts. I'm ashamed to admit that Often I think about what He must see in me that grieves Him...hard to grasp that He sees only beauty because He washed us in His blood. I will take a little time to absob your words and challenge today...and yes, be aware of the heaven-glimpses He sends!

Thank-you for all the lovely words you left on my 'porch' for me to enjoy:)God Bless~p.s. It is so delightful to meet other dishwashers;))

great thought, we need to do this with our loved ones. Express our gratitude for them...you might want to undo your word recognition-it's a pain now with two words to descipher. I took mine off but still have to approve any comments before publishing.

I love this idea so much, I posted about it on my blog and linked back to you here, Brenda. I challenged my readers to ask Jesus the same question, and I'm going to, too, then report back to them what He says. Thank you!

A lovely Christmas gift idea for the gentle reader on your list. To preview and order copies of my Christmas magazine, click on the pic!

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"Lord, give me an open heart to find You everywhere, to glimpse the heaven enfolded in a bud, and experience eternity in the smallest act of love." ~ Mother Teresa

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Welcome to It's A Beautiful Life! As I celebrate my blog's 10th anniversary, I realize this is still my favourite place to write and connect with fellow kindred spirits. I look forward to the days ahead with renewed inspiration--I hope to carry on the tradition of sharing some of life's beautiful moments with you. There might be some small changes to indicate a passage of time--don't want to get stuck in the past. Will see how that goes. Brenda xox